Buaya, I think I’d better think twice”īuaya pleads: “Oh please won’t you let me eat you” And of course Kancil, the smart and cunning Kancil Oh Kancil I haven’t eaten for days, please let me have a bite “I’m so hungry”, Buaya cries, “Yes I’m so hungry With teeth so sharp and tears so large they might be twice his sizeīuaya, oh buaya, oh buaya, Kancil, oh buaya, buaya, buaya So there’s a Kancil, a skinny yellow mouse-deerĪnd he wants to cross the river but then he quickly stopsīecause he sees a crocodile, a huge and ugly crocodile Since the genre was musical comedy, I had a character tell this story through a song (click on the link to listen!): For my most recent play, I chose the to use the folktale of Sang Kancil and the Buayas as a template for the story. You can read the full tale here. Drawing upon tales embedded in our collective consciousness seems to appeal to ‘audiences’ so far. The Three Little Pigs, The Little Old Lady who Lived in a Shoe). Sang Kancil and the Buayas (Mousedeer and the Crocodiles)įor my playwriting class this semester, I’ve based a few pieces on existing children’s literature (e.g.
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